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Duquette rarely leaks anything so who knows what he is thinking. Coming into the season Duquette thought the team would be a .500 team so the real question is what does Duquette thinks this team needs to become an 85-90 win team?

If he thinks they are a Chase Headley + a back end of the rotation type starter away he'll give up what is necessary to obtain them. He isn't going to be like Andy and refuse to trade top prospects or talented young players. Of course he is going to be looking for bargains but you typically have to give up top talent to get top talent and in this market there won't be any bargains to be had. JJ Hardy was an exception, not a rule.

There was a rumor last night that the O's traded Luis Ayala, Joe Mahoney, and their comp pick to the Phillies for Joe Blanton. It turned out to be a fake Twitter account and it fooled Steve Melewski who tweeted the trade lol.